ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Catherine of Aragon (also spelt as Katherine, Spanish: Catalina; 16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536) was Queen of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 11 June 1509 until their annulment on 23 May 1533.

Detailed explanation-2: -Finally Katherine was dismissed from court in 1533, and cruelly denied contact with her daughter Mary. In 1536, just three years after her marriage to Henry was annulled, Katherine died; she was just 50 years old. She loved Henry till the end.

Detailed explanation-3: -King Henry VIII of England marries Catherine of Aragon, the first of six wives he will have in his lifetime. When Catherine failed to produce a male heir, Henry divorced her against the will of the Roman Catholic Church, thus precipitating the Protestant Reformation in England.

Detailed explanation-4: -They married in a private ceremony in the church of the Observant Friars outside Greenwich Palace in 1509. She was 23 years old and the king was a few days away from his 18th birthday.

Detailed explanation-5: -Jane’s sweet and charming demeanor captured Henry’s heart. Married just days after her predecessor’s death, she was to become Henry’s favorite wife. Jane, unlike any of Henry’s other wives, gave Henry the one thing he wanted most–a son, an act that would lead to her death.